The Untouchables

One of the best films of the 80's in finally coming home, but it's a bittersweet homecoming.

THE UNTOUCHABLES. Brian DePalma's classy flick about Elliot Ness and Al Capone that helped launched the careers of Kevin Coster and Andy Garcia and netted Sean Connery a gold statuette.

Written by David Mamet (House of Games, Glengarry Glen Ross), it's an old fashioned and impeccably made film that's entertaining and edgy all within the confines of mainstream filmmaking. A rarity.

Paramount is unleashing a DVD in two weeks with these stats:

Aspect Ratio: Widescreen Anamorphic - 2.35:1

Discographic Information: DVD Encoding: Region 1

Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French

Available subtitles: English

Edition Details:

¿ Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)

¿ Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby

¿ Widescreen anamorphic format

And that is it. No trailer, featurette, deleted scenes, commentary, or retrospectives. Even though it's one of the beloved films around. A shame. Does Paramount plan on another version down the line? Who knows? In the meantime, another great film is finally arriving, though it's hardly a spectacular presentation.